Famous Quotes | Our own peculiar human condition...

Our own peculiar human condition is that we are as fit to be laughed at as able to laugh. - Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Of Democritus and Heraclitus,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. I, ch. 50, Abel Langelier, Paris (1595).

Categories: Essayist, Human Nature, Laughter, Paradoxes

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